The Kernal Is A Huge Security Whole In Windows

anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 07/20/04


Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 15:47:43 -0700

That's why God made Anti-Virus. I'm not convinced that a
Linux or Mac system would be any better given
the "opportunity" for a virus to attack the main "guts" or
kernel.

I switched from McAfee to the freeware AVAST! program and
it's super - but not as "invasive" as McAfee and free
updates for 2 years. Whenever you download ANY file, it
will be checked - but I go ahead and check it again.



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